Chick-carton liner



Dec. 14 1926. f 1,610,285

l M. w. HODGE CHICK CARTON LINER 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed May 5.

Dec. 14 1926". 1,610,285 i M. W. HODGE CHICK CARTON LINER Filed May 5.192e 2 sheets-sheet? Patented Dee. 14, 1926.71

vente iria'fzviss ivrnmjILLnV W. Honen, `or jen-AND niarrnsyMicnreAmfAssrGNon To n XcELsroR WRAPPER co., onennnnnnrrns, ivIIcHrGAn,A CORPORATION or ,wisconsin f crrrcKnnnron 'Linen ,-Atpiicationmea nayva', 192ev fsrilnjloaifiv. l

The present invention relates to cartons',

and more particularly to a liner for Vcartons intended for the shipmentof chicks.

l Ordinarily, babychicks'alre shipped in cartons rvhaving a plurality'of compartments,

each adaptedto receive 'adozen .-"or more The bottoms of thesecompa'rtments are covered with material, such as loose eXcelsior, whichis leveledV byhand ,to form a bed for the chicks. These'vliners. areordinarily produced by taking loose excelsior orlwolod wool, which isfinely cutfexcelsior," and, .pat-

bottom liner. y Y I Y Anobjection to this practice isthatconrsliderable. timeV vand llabor is 'requiredto form aVsatisfactorybed," and` furthermore', it is difticultgto mat andcompress the eXcelsior by hand Vsuiicientl'yl to provide a uniformlytingiit downto provide a somewhat level dense and level bottoml liner.The Vresult is 4 that there will frequentlyr result uneven beds andcompartmentswith unfilled corners. v

Moreover, by hand packing vof each compartf impossible to obtain asuiiicien'tly 'close matting of the fibers to produce a bed which willnot disintegrate or become disarrangeddur `ing shipment.V The excelsiorlayer @frequently breaks up, and as aV result, Vchicks come into contactwithV the bottom of the4 carton. Furthermore, the smaller chicks be#.come entangled in the loose, fluffy excelsior,

and also are .frequently smothered, due to theY piling up of portions ofthe layer.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottom liner of substantiallycarton or compartment dimensions, which is pre-formed, and may bereadily placed in one of the comlaborv required for arranging the linerfrom loose eXcelsior.

A further object ofthe invention vistek provide a liner of eXcelsior-orthe like material, which is closelywoven-or matted, and

` has sufficientinherent stability to avoid dis-- integration eitherbeforeor during use.

A still further obj ect of the invention is to piles.

' ment with loose eXcelsior, it'is practically y of an improved liner.

tion openings, partments, thereby eliminating the tlme and stillvfurther object fthe invention to provide a liner of eXcelsioro-r'similar mate# 'rial havingv `a readilyr'emovable:Wrapperwhi'chassists in 'maintaining the liner in normal condition until use,the'matl or pad ofjeXcel'sior being preferably withdrawable freely fromthe wrapper, dueto the factthat the latter freely encirclesthe'same.

The above and ether objects ofthev invention will become clearer as thede'scri'pidenv proceeds in connection withapreferredlemwn'in theaccompanying draw#V bodim'ent sho ingswh'ereiri'y j Y i Figure l isaperspective view of aconventional type 'of-chick carton." l

f Figure@ 1s La verticalsection ofl thesame withthe top in-positioniproved linen` ,l 4'Figure 4 'is transverse sectional view. Figure' 5is aperspective view showing a preferred manner of removing the wrapper.y

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' Figure v3 lis a yperspective-view of the irn- Figure 6 isa perspectiveview showing a f second method 'of removingv the wrapper l 'I so f fromtheliner. l l The carton Villustrated in Figures l and 2 forms no 'partof the present invention, 'and issimplyshown to illustrate theapplication The particu ar type of carton `shown comprises'a bodyportion 10 khaving a vseries ofcompartments formedof intersectingpartitions 11. lThe'toprofthe, compartment has a perforated irmersectionl.lfspaced by meansv ef wood strips 1 3 from' an outersection 14 toVform vanv air chamber body portion may be provided, as illustrated inthe severalvvlews, with suitable ventila- -Before the Vpresentinvention, it was customary to vcover ythe bottoms `of the compartmentswith Vloose "eXcelsior which i was pressed down and leveled by hand. lThe fliner of the present invention 'is illustrated in Figure 3,;andcomprises a pad or wood wool is compressed and matted or interwoven toprovide av 1pad having suffi#V cient. density to prevent t e formationof holes therein andthe feet of a baby. chick from 'coming contact withthe bottom of a'carton. The interweaving or matting cf the ejacesor iaimportant, for the reason between the two sections. 1 Both `the top 'andor mat 15 ofexcelsior which, preferably, f f

is relatively line, and such' as 1s knownin,I the trade as wood wool.VThe eXcelsior 11ndV bottom of the boX.

that the chicks scratch the pad and unless it is relatively dense and ofuniform thickness, will quickly form openings through which theirfeetcome in contact with-the Y The relatively dense pad of the presentinvention will prevent vsuch contact. Moreover, the interweaving ormatting of the excelsior will pro-vide a pad having a sufficientinherent-stability to retain its shape, both before and during use, thus,eliminating the danger of the rchicks being .smothered as frequentlyoccurs in lthe fluffy, loose excelsiorinserted by hand. Y

The con'ipacting of the pad also avoids dangerof the chicks becomingentwined or entangled inthe liner, which riot infrequently occurs whenthe loj'o'se eXcelsior is Aused and .laid by hand over the bottoms ofthe compartinents.

i llach pad iscnt to. substantially the dimensions Aof .the compartmentsof .the car- Ytoifi"s,vwith which it is to be used, and in thev presentinstance, as will be observed, is Y'of oblong shape. lt is enclosed by awrapper 16,.;fo-rmed froinay strip 'of paper or suitable material whichencircles .the liner rand has its ends 17 overlappedland adliesivelysecured together.

' Although thev form of the wrapper may be varied lwithout departingfrom tl'iesinvention, it is ,desirable that the. wrapper encircle theliner freely, and that particular careV betakento see 'that ,there islno direct securing of the linert the pad,as byVV ad hesion, which islikely to occur unless particular care is takenwheii 'securing together.f Y the ends `17'V of the wrapper strip. llien' al wrapper of this formused, and it freely encircles the liner, the latter may be readilywithdrawn through ,one open end Vofv the wrapper, as illustrated inFigure 5. Or,

, if preferred, the wrapper may be torn, as

illustrated in Figure 6. Y y ,l The matting `o V'nterweaving lof thewood wool audits compression, provides a pad of sufficient inherentstability to enable it to maintain its ferm after it is withdrawn fromthe.Y wrapper, and during use. By holding the liner in the positionillustrated in Figure 5, i-t may befreadily'deposited in the compartmentwithout handling, lthus maintaining the original integrity of thestructure, although it will be understood that this deposition of theliner in the compartment when removing the wrapper is 'not necessary,due to the inherent stability of the structure.

Although the liner is described asbeing u body vofeicelsior mattedandcompressed to o an inherently stabile condition, wherebyV the samedoesfnot 'disintegrate in use, and cut to cartonV dimensions, and awrapper in which said body is enclosed, whereby 'a mer-k cantile unit'is provided, 'saidl Wrapper being freely removabl'efor the purposedescribed.

' 2. As Va new v article of manufacture, a chick cartofn'bottom linerconsistingof a body of excelsior matted and compressed to an inherentlystable condition, whereby the saine does not disintegrate yin use andcut to carton dimensions, Vand an `openended` freely reifnovable`wrapper in whichjsaid body is enclosed whereby a'n'iercantil'e unit isprovided, the body. being freely withdrawable from the wrapper throughsaid open end. Y

' In testimony whereof Iv have hereunto s et 'my hand.V

' MELVILLE W. HDGE.

